Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 May 2004 12:43:01 -0400 | From | "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <> | Subject | Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission |
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
>On Tue, 25 May 2004, La Monte H.P. Yarroll wrote: > > >>Linus Torvalds wrote: >> >> >> >>>The plan is to make this very light-weight, and to fit in with how we >>>already pass patches around - just add the sign-off to the end of the >>>explanation part of the patch. That sign-off would be just a single line >>>at the end (possibly after _other_ peoples sign-offs), saying: >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org> >>> >>> >>To avoid the requirement of all submissions going through a single person, >>we have a system of formal authorizations. Specific people are authorized >>to release certain classes of work. Would the community object to a slight >>modifications to the Signed-off-by lines from TimeSys? E.g. >> >>Signed-off-by: La Monte H.P. Yarroll <piggy@timesys.com> under TS00062 >> >>This completes the traceability path all the way back to the VP who signed >>off on TS00062. >> >> > >I think this is great. In general, I think people who want to add their >own extra tags after their email address should be able to do so. We might >even have a few standard tags for things like asking for acknowledgement >etc. > > Thanks.
>>I THINK I have a case not covered here. I sometimes need to post >>unpublished work done by other people at my company. Since the work is >>not yet published, the GPL doesn't really grant me any special rights. >>The authorization I use to publish is in fact NOT an open source >>license. I think clause (b) could probably be weakened to cover my case. >> >> > >I think the "(unless I am permitted to submit under a different license)" >part already covers that, but yes, if we want to get really technically >anal about it we migth spell it out. > > It's an occupational hazzard for me--I talk to lawyers too much :-). Let me see if I can get a blessed recommendation for rephrasing clause (b).
I don't think the authorizations I work with qualify as licenses.
>>I'd like to include a link between the external path and our internal >>procedures. >> >> > >Would the extra tag at the end be sufficient for that, or are you talking >about something more? > > The extra tag suffices.
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